1 Jan
2011
1 Jan
'11
1:44 a.m.
On 31 Dec 2010 at 18:11, Geoff Oltmans wrote:
Isn't there also an issue of recording direction
of flippy discs being
opposite of expected? Or are disc controllers smart enough to account
for this? Seems like this would also affect interleave as well as the
per-sector data reversal.
It doesn't matter. The head offset of the second side on a two-sided
drive means that you're not going to be able to read it anyway. This
is an old topic that goes back at least 10 years with the Catweasel.
Bottom line: it doesn't work for purely physical reasons.
--Chuck